Father's Day

I liked this movie quite a bit. I've been getting more into grindhouse and exploitation titles of the 70's and 80's as of late. When I saw that this film was out on Blu-Ray and it looked like it had all the trappings of the grindhouse...I was in! the movie is ridiculous and entertaining and over the top. That's exactly what I wanted. The issue I have is...where are all the special features?!? The disc has a trailer for special features. That's pretty weak. Maybe I'm spoiled with all the Arrow Video, Grindhouse Releasing and Scream Factory stuff that's coming out lately, but c'mon - you could've added something to the disc. Had they added some really cool features, this movie could easily be 4 or 5 stars (if you're into this kind of stuff).

Nearly a full hour into Father's Day, I was bored to death, then it gets, uh, DEMENTED. I don't know if I own the original unedited copy, but the filmmakers could've easily lost 20 minutes of this. They eat some tasty berries, hallucinate, the movie gets interrupted for an advertisement for a cheesy Sci-fi TV show, Ahab gleefully kills Fuchman, sleeps with his own sister, then they all kill themselves and go to Hell. Where was this stuff in the first hour?

Fantastic score/soundtrack for this film. Insane story line, and great effects. Every time I rewatch this one, I feel I enjoy it a more. Don't really recommend this movie to my "normal" friends, but I really like it.I also really recommend The Editor (2014), done by the same Astron-6 crew.

First of all yes its a fun movie. I was prepared to be blown away by the film but the packaging and disc felt very cheaply made. I'm not sure if this was intentional or perhaps that's how Troma rolls and I'm just non the wiser. It feels bootleg but maybe that's the point with this single disc edition?Nowhere was i able to find pictures of the packaged disc so i hope this helps someone out before buying what feels like a knock off. Can anyone else tell me if this is what its suppose to look like?Thanks.

Though fun and rather violent, brutally at times, it just wasn’t as good / funnyas the Editor. When a 90 minute movie feels longer than 2 hours there is an issue.My other issue, not with movie, but with the condition of the product; the case was smashed In causing the paper cover to be torn. I could complain but that would be wasted money

Holy moley! This film contains bad acting, cheap extreme gore effects, groan-inducing comedy and dime store stop-motion animation (which makes Brett Piper's work look like the late Ray Harryhausen), but I'll be damned if it all doesn't work as a whole to make a highly entertaining film, as long as you are not one to get easily queasy. Ten years ago, the eyepatch-wearing Ahab (Adam Brooks) was convicted of murdering an innocent man he thought was Chris Fuchman (pronounced "F***man"), a rapist and serial killer of fathers. Fuchman (Mackenzie Murdock) assaulted and murdered Ahab's father when he was just a kid and then sliced Ahab's right eye with a box cutter (all shown lovingly in close-up) and since then Ahab was on the search for the deadly serial killer. After being set-up for murder and sent to jail, Ahab does his time and is released from prison, where he goes into hiding at a cabin in the woods, collecting toxic berries (don't ask) and making maple syrup from trees that aren't maples (really, don't ask). Priest Father John Sullivan (Matthew Kennedy) finds Ahab and talks him into coming back to civilization. The assaulting and killing of fathers starts again as soon as he is released from prison, so Detective Stegel (Brent Neale, who talks and bears a resemblance to James Woods) thinks Ahab is responsible. The latest victim is the father of male prostitute/thief Twink (Conor Sweeney), who is assaulted in his posterior and then set on fire. Twink joins Ahab and Father Sullivan to try and bring Fuchman down, but first Ahab tries to talk his sister Chelsea (Amy Groening) into leaving the strip club she works at and live a normal life. Chelsea wants to join the trio in their pursuit of Fuchman (she has been tracking his progress over the years in a journal she keeps), but Ahab refuses. Fuchman tries to kidnap Chelsea after assaulting and killing Twink's best friend Walnut (Garrett Hnatiuk) by biting his manhood off (it seems Walnut got several girls pregnant, which technically makes him a father), but Ahab and his new-found friends foil it. Fuchman finally kidnaps Chelsea at the strip club, killing all the strippers (one has her head sliced in half with a chainsaw) and the patrons. Ahab nearly dies after giving chase in a car to save Chelsea (he is impaled on the tire iron he is carrying after falling off Fuchman's truck) and Twink and Father Sullivan crash their car. This leads to a night in the woods, where Twink and Father Sullivan eats some of Ahab's toxic berries and trip out (it's one of the film's funny highlights) and force feed Ahab some of the berries. The berries heal Ahab and they end up at Fuchman's hideout (after the film stops for a short fake commercial for a film to be shown later that day, which ends with a hilarious stinger), where they find Chelsea chained up and Fuchman on the run. Ahab kills Fuchman by shotgunning him in the groin, stomping on his head and throwing him off a dam wall, thereby ending the menace (there's a funny shot at the end of this scene that involves a train coming out of a tunnel). Do you really think it would be that easy? Father Sullivan finds a book under the murdered Father O'Flynn's (Kevin Anderson) bed, which details that the Fuchmanus is actually a demon reincarnated in Hell after incest between a brother and sister that produces an offspring. When Chelsea shows up at Ahab's motel room dressed scantily and coming on to him, Ahab gives in and has sex with his sister (cringe-worthy to say the least). Chelsea is now in Hell (see if you can spot the STAR WARS [1977] homage) and the trio decide to kill themselves so they can go to Hell and save her. Ahab and Twink end up in Hell, but Father Sullivan ends up in Heaven, where he puts a gun to his angel guide's (Falcon Van Der Baek) head and forces him to take him to God (played by Troma head Lloyd Kaufman, who released this film on home video). Father O'Flynn appears in God's office and forces him at gunpoint to send Father Sullivan to Hell (since Father O'Flynn is blind, he really doesn't know where to aim the gun, which leads to a bit of funny dialogue by Kaufman). What happens next is best for the viewers to discover, but I will say that the final stinger is funny as hell (look for THE DEER HUNTER [1978] reference). Directed and written (among many other duties behind the camera) by a Canadian group that call themselves "Astron-6", which includes stars Brooks, Sweeney and Kennedy, as well as Jeremy Gillespie (who has a bit part here and co-wrote most of the film's original music) and Steven Kostanski (who directed Astron-6's equally funny and low rent MANBORG - 2011), FATHER'S DAY was a surprise to me from the start. It contains everything I usually hate, including giving it that fake "grindhouse" look by inserting emulsion scratches, some out of fucus photography and hairs on the projector bulb, but this is a great way to spend 99 minutes if you just want a good, old-fashioned 70's or 80's-like gore film with a plot that is sometimes inventive and sometimes offensive. Nothing is left to the imagination, including the aforementioned manhood-biting, gunshots to the head, bodies torn in half and many other bloody bits. The comedy and acting are definitely hit-or miss, but that just adds to its charm. Troma founders Kaufman and Michael Herz produced the film and released it in a four disc limited edition Blu-Ray, 2 DVDs & a CD music soundtrack box set, with many extras (a Troma trademark), including a couple of Astron-6 short films and liner notes by acclaimed Canadian independent director Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD - 2003), who gets a "Thanks" during the end credits. This is way better than most of the crap that Troma releases and it gets my highest recommendation. Also starring Meredith Sweeney, Kyle Young, Zsuzsi, Billy Sadoo and Murray Davidson. A Troma Entertainment Blu-Ray/DVD Release. Unrated for all the right reasons, including copious nudity and an extremely uncomfortable scene where Fuchman injects his manhood with some unknown substance and then cuts it with a knife, rubbing the blood on Chelsea's face. NOTE: Astron 6 believed that Troma released the first release on Blu-Ray too early before the film was fully edited, so they released a new version when it was done. Some scenes in this review may now be different than what is now on-screen.

Great flick to watch & snack on some mushrooms

This was a fun silly horror flick, it was some parts that miss the beat, but others that are spot on. Its worth a look as it has a crazy story and does more with the budget then most other films.

This is without one of the best movies of the year, very original and imaginative Grindhouse style horror movie from Troma films!! If you love the current trend of modern 80s looking Grindhouse style movies then this is a MUST have in your collection, the story is great and is filled to the top with action and violence and very gory and bloody scenes of death and depraved torture and rape. This is Tromas best in years, its low budget but great fun in every way, good cast, good dialogue which at some times has some very funny humour, the story has a very unusual twist near the end just when you think its over its not, the very final scene is hilarious. The open credit sequence is very stylish and looks awesome and the whole movie score is very retro horror, this movie oozes so much cool, its trashy but utterly brilliant and must be seen. There are no features which is a crying shame!! If you want to get the ultimate version of this movie get the import U.S version as it has the bluray version and tons of special features plus being troma its region free and has awesome packaging and is limited to 5000.

The item came really fast, in perfect condition.Everything is as described. The story is great - real classic exploitation from TROMA,picture quality is perfect.100 % entertainment.The price is cheap, but that's hard-to-find title so, don't hesitate - BUY IT NOW!

This is something else, I thought I'd seen it all with Tromeo + Juliet & Terror Firmer but the troma team have really gone all out for this one.One of the funniest films I've EVER seen, me and my mate were speechless for about 5 mins after!

This films mental! It's hard to describe, blood, guts, bad acting & cheesy dialogue. But for some reason it's good! Although still not sure what I've just watched?????😃

It's ok if you're a fan of Troma.